south wind into my arms

Chapter 114
Because there were two athletes in the team, Nanfeng later hired another partner.Sometimes Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao would practice mixed doubles together for a while.There are very few mixed doubles events, so they can only practice more to ensure the feel.

Christmas is here, and to help two international friends in the team celebrate their traditional festival, the chef made dumplings stuffed with beef and scallions, and everyone ate happily.Mueller also said that he hoped to eat dumplings stuffed with beef and scallions every Christmas in the future. Lu Sheng always felt that something was wrong.

After Christmas comes the New Year, and Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao spent their New Year's Eve in training. At night, everyone went to the beach to watch the fireworks, which is considered a holiday.

The first event in January is the Shenzhen Open.

There are two tennis tournaments in Shenzhen, one is WTA in January and the other is ATP in September.As far as the WTA is concerned, the level of the Shenzhen Open and the Guangzhou Open are the same. Both are international tournaments, and the singles champion can get 280 points.However, the total prize money of the Shenzhen Open is twice as high as that of the Guangzhou Open, and everyone has already rested at the beginning of the year, so the lineup of the Shenzhen Open is generally much better than that of the Guangzhou Open.

Qiao Wanwan also participated in the Shenzhen Open, and was in the same half as Lu Sheng.Some time ago, Qiao Wanwan was attacked in various ways on the Internet, and Lu Sheng's name appeared from time to time, which made Qiao Wanwan dislike Lu Sheng more and more.This time, she was in the same half area as Lu Sheng. She took a gamble and wanted to fight Lu Sheng and trample her opponent under her feet.

But Lu Sheng's luck in signing this time was not very good.When I reached the semi-finals, I met the No. [-] seed player in the tournament, but ended up in the quarter-finals.

Then the No. [-] seed eliminated Joe Wanwan in the semifinals.

After the Shenzhen Tournament, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year is ushered in - the Australian Open.

Due to Lu Sheng's eye-catching performance in last year's Asian Games, although she was still unable to qualify for the Australian Open due to her ranking, she was awarded the wild card treatment.

The organizer of the Australian Open gave Lu Sheng two wild cards, one for singles and one for mixed doubles. With the wild card, Lu Sheng no longer needs to play in the qualifying rounds, which can save a lot of energy.

Nanfeng and Muller did not have high expectations for Lu Sheng's Australian Open.The results of tennis matches are based on experience. Lu Sheng is still lacking in actual combat experience, and he will definitely not be able to adapt to top-level competitions.What's more, if she plays the main match with a wild card, most of the players she will encounter will be players with higher rankings and more experience than her.

Nanfeng felt that even if Lu Sheng had a "round trip", it would not be a surprise.There are countless players who were eliminated in the first round of the Grand Slam for the first time.

The result was better than he expected, Lu Sheng was eliminated in the second round...

It was also because she was lucky in signing. She didn't meet a seed in the first round. Her opponent was ranked above 80. She served vigorously, but the ball was too rough. , the advantages are as prominent as the disadvantages, but to a certain extent, the disadvantages will become a fatal factor that limits her career.

So Lu Sheng won her easily.

In the second round, Lu Sheng met a veteran who had come back from injury. The veteran played impeccably and was far superior to Lu Sheng in strength. Lu Sheng lost convincingly.

The real round trip was the mixed doubles between Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao.There are 32 picks in the mixed doubles. Unfortunately, they got the second seed and were knocked out in the first round.In fact, the performance of both of them is considered normal, but there is a big gap between the individual combat ability and the opponent, and the experience of fighting against world-class players is too little... Only relying on cooperation and tacit understanding cannot make up for these gaps.

Lu Sheng felt nothing.This is a grand slam. It is the first time to play this kind of event, and the experience is more meaningful, so the ranking is not required.

Xu Zhiyao was always depressed.When he returned home, he was still depressed.

Lu Sheng felt very strange.

She knew exactly what kind of person Xu Zhiyao was.This person has no heart and lungs, and lives as carefree as a snake spirit, and it is unlikely that he will be sad because he loses a game.

"Xu Zhiyao, what's wrong with you?" Lu Sheng couldn't help but asked him.

"Oh," Xu Zhiyao sighed sadly, "Junior Sister, I think I've dragged you down, I'm not worthy to be your golden partner."

Xu Zhiyao didn't care much about his singles, but for the mixed doubles with Lu Sheng, he was quite confident. In the Asian Games, he was as unscrupulous as chopping melons and vegetables, which strengthened his confidence in this aspect.When people are extremely confident, their assessment of their own strength may be inaccurate. Frankly speaking, Xu Zhiyao was a little bit ecstatic. When he got the wild card of the Australian Open, he felt that the time had finally come for him and Lu Sheng to gallop on the world-class arena. ...

Then it was knocked back to the prototype all of a sudden.

The blow of this failure is greater than being called a "weak chicken" by Muller [-] times.

What made Xu Zhiyao even more frustrating was that he could clearly feel that in this competition, in the cooperation of the two, he was the one who held back Lu Sheng.

Many times in the arena he knows what to do, but he can't do it well. He has various strategies in his mind, but he can't implement them effectively because he is not strong enough.

In the mixed doubles in the Grand Slam, except for a very small number of wild card players, the rest are temporary teams of players who also participate in other Grand Slam events.In other words, no matter how well a team cooperates, each team's strength is at least at the Grand Slam level.

The difference in strength is too great, and other people's temporary teams can beat him and Lu Sheng's long-term training in seconds.

The so-called cooperation and the so-called strategy seem so pale and powerless in the face of the huge gap in strength.

For the first time in his life, Xu Zhiyao felt despair.

Lu Sheng felt that Xu Zhiyao's thoughts were incredible, "Why do you think so, the two of us are one, and there is no question of who is dragging the other."

Xu Zhiyao didn't say anything else.In front of the person he likes, his weak self-esteem does not allow him to pour out his depression and despair to her.

Even Mu Le felt that Xu Zhiyao was depressed, and he didn't call him a "weak chicken" for several days, expressing a little consolation implicitly.

Nanfeng called Xu Zhiyao to him alone for a talk.

Nan Feng said, "First of all, I want to thank you for not harassing Lu Sheng."

Xu Zhiyao thought to himself, I'm so stuffed, why don't you mention this kind of thing to make me feel even more stuffed...

Then Nanfeng said, "The reason why some people can't excel is not because they don't work hard enough, but just because their aptitude is not good enough. It may be cruel for me to say that."

Xu Zhiyao cried and said, "It's quite cruel, don't you think I'm not qualified for a long time..."

"No, I mean, you can't excel for a very simple and simple reason, there is no doubt about it - it's because you don't try hard enough."

Xu Zhiyao lowered his head.

"You don't work hard, but you want to have the same strength as those opponents who practice devil training day after day... How can you think so beautifully? Is it amazing to be talented? Who can make a name for themselves in this circle? No talent?"

He said he was merciless, and Xu Zhiyao's face was hot. Looking back on his life of more than 20 years, he found that everything Nan Feng said was reasonable and impeccable.

He, Xu Zhiyao, had never worked hard for anything in his past life.Even as an athlete, he doesn't train as hard as his peers.He can always get something without effort, but what he gets without effort is not the best.

The best, always full of sweat crystallization.

Thinking of Xu Zhiyao's unlucky appearance in the past, Nanfeng lost his temper, like the upper body of the teaching director, and said: "I didn't recommend you to take this path before, and I still don't recommend it now. Professional athletes need hard work and hard work the most. You don’t have a career in the industry, but you don’t have it. If it’s just to make a living, you can go to your university, and you can still have a meal after graduation. What’s the point of you being like a piece of mud and spending your whole life in low-level games? Lu Sheng started later than you, but now she has already overtaken you. If things go on like this, within two years, she will definitely leave you far behind, and you will be far apart. At that time, you should stop dragging her , she is not in the mood to play around with a low-level player. Even if she is concerned about face and plays mixed doubles with you, you should think about whether you are worthy or not!"

Xu Zhiyao was extremely frustrated.Coach Nan's speech is very unpleasant, but every sentence is the truth, and every sentence is heart-breaking.

He is really not good enough for Junior Sister!

Nanfeng finally said: "Go back and think about it!"

Xu Zhiyao lowered his head and turned away in a daze. When he reached the door, Nanfeng stopped him again: "Wait a minute."

Xu Zhiyao looked back at him.

Nan Feng suddenly smiled coldly: "Lu Sheng is my woman, if you dare to think a little bit about her in the future... Hehe, I will kill you."

Xu Zhiyao: "..." How dare you ask your teacher...

(End of this chapter)